SAMAD ISHTIAQ

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In quest for Project management assignments with leading organizations CAREER BRIEF

An astute professional with more than 11 years of experience in Mechanical Engineering and Project Management

(Main Contractor, PMC & Client)

PMP Trained Professional & 30 Hour OSHA certified.

Certified in CRO (Construction Rail Operation),CCRM Construction Commissioning Rail Management)Level 2.

Adept at understanding & adopting emerging trends & techniques, addressing industry requirements to achieve organizational objectives.

Experienced in conducting & coordinating the project activities, testing & commissioning, analyzing technical data, resource management, tender evaluation and contract management with a flair for adopting the modern methodologies.

Excellent communication and people management skills that have been honed through association with multi skilled teams.

AREAS OF EXCELLENCE

Mechanical Engineering

Planning, management, supervision, Testing & Commissioning and execution of projects with multi-disciplinary proficiency in Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Works.

11 Years of rich experience in Construction & Execution of Rail project, Highrise building project, Port Project, Desalination Plant, Water treatement Plants, Pumping Stations, Sewage treatment plant and other infrastructure projects in Qatar.

Project engineering, testing & commissioning and execution of projects right from the initial stage to final handover/close out of projects.

Familiar with regional Authorities regulation and Requirements (Viz. ASHGHAL, KHARAMAA, QCS, CIVIL DEFENSE etc.), International Codes & Standards (Viz. AWWA, BS, ASME, ANSI, NFPA, WRAS,FIDIC,SMACNA,ASHRAE etc.)

Strong Background in HVAC, Fire fighting & Plumbing equipements approvals, calculations and testing.

Planning, management, supervision and execution of projects with multi-disciplinary proficiency in Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Works.

Familiar with construction materials, classification of material, Material procurement, material inspection, verification of test certificates, witness mechanical test.

Review and approval of IFC drawings, As Built Drawings and Coordination drawing with other discipline.

Involved in QCDD testing and approval in all the projects I have been a part of.

Managing Material Management Systems using ERP system (Xpedeon).

Handling client interaction for requirement gathering, finalization of functional specifications. EMPLOYMENT RECITAL

Mar 2018 ~ Present QPM- Qatar Project Management Testing & Commissioning Engineer (Major Stations) Project Profile:

Qatar Integratred Railway Project – Major Stations which comprise of Musherib Station and Education city station with a project value of 6 Billion dollars. Qatar rails is the client for this project.

Responsible for review and approval of Testing and Commissioning Method statements/Procedures, FAT test & reports, etc for Major stations of Qatar rail.

Monitoring the progress reporting, and witnessing on site the MEP Contractors testing and commissioning activities.

Organized & Managed the Testing & Commissioning team for day to day operations at site.

Carrying out Pre Commissioning test, Stand alone test, System Integration test and System performance test of the equipments unstalled at the metro station as per project specifications.

Identifying system conditions that are abnormal or failing followed by determining their cause and to recommend corrective actions.

Assuring that contractors have carried out testing & commissioning in stages as planned and in accordance with the proper codes and standards.

Attend regular meetings to track the progress of Testing &Commissioning with the Main contractor.

Apply quality management approaches to ensure design and specifications are complied as per the project requirement.

Overseeing the implementation of the Testing and Commissioning Program and plan.

Attending regular workshops for defining the scope involved in the respective Opertations & Maintnenance Manuals for the Metro Station.

Responsible for testing for QCDD approval for the Station.

Reviewing and approving of Operation & Maintenance Manuals and Training Manuals for the Metro Stations.

Overlooking the porper handover of the Metro station to the Operator. Aug 2017 ~ Feb 2018 Megatec Eletrco-Mechanical Engineers&Contractor, Doha, Qatar Construction Manager Project Profile:

Construction of New Engineering College at Qatar University with the Project cost 300 Million Dollars Key Deliverables:

Allocating manpower with project targets and monitoring daily all MEP work progress.

Overlooking project procurement and negotiaitions with suppliers.

Ensuring suppliers and manufacturers comply with project specification.

Ensuring all site engineers of different disciplines coordinate before installations are carried out at site for various MEP services.

Flow up with main contractors for civil clearance issue’s & MEP work completion & approval.

Liaise with design for site coordination works.

Attend client progress review meetings.

Attend internal progress review meetings and conduct the same with sub ordinates to assign targets and monitor.

Ensure the suitability of selected equipment and material to meet project specification, design requirements and performance standards

Highlighting progress to planning team on a weekly basis and have management site walk for the same.

Record and highlight issues and concerns related to site work to project manager.

Record and highlight field change notices (FCN) to concern departmental heads.

Record and highlight change pertaining to scope to planning, commericial.

Ensure that QA/QC team follow up project closure dossiers (RFITs, NCN, SDRs/SORs, NCRs, Material Submittal, MIR, ITP and MS) approvals.

Liaise with T&C team for system closure and snag closure.

Liaise with design for submission and approval of as built drawings.

Preparation and submission of project closure dossiers (O&M, Spare Parts, Client Training, Warranty & Gaurantee).

Maintaining records to company standards related to taking over certificate (TOC). Jan 2016 ~ Jul 2017 Shapoorji Pallonji Qatar WLL Doha, Qatar MEP Constrcution Lead Project Profile:

Abraj Quartier Towers AQ-03&04 and AQ-05&06 Pearl Qatar September 2016 to July 2017

Construction of a 4 High end Residential Towers of 42 stories each comprising of 2200 residential units with a total of 2511 parking spaces, 130 Town houses, 25 Villas & 5VIP Villas. The project having a total cost of 800 Million Dollars. Key Deliverables:

Responsible for overseeing all the MEP activities at site in coordination with two external Subcontractors.

Coordination of procurement acitivities and finalization of project procurement.

Responsible of section of products approval required for project as per project specification & BOQ.

Ensuring the smooth execution of the project and ensuring the resolution of all the design related issues at site.

Involved in technical evaluation of the project mechanical services.

Liaise with various Qatar Government departments (KAHARMMA) to ensure smooth interfaces with utility infrastructure.

Involved in close monitoring and administration of the site and providing day to day consultation to the various site teams.

Monitoring the progress of site activities such achievement of targets as per the project schedule finish dates that have been agreed upon.

Overlooked the assembly and erection of MEP system at site such as HVAC ducts, fire fighting pipes & sprinklers, portable water lines.

Testing & Commissioning of material/system such as Air balancing, water balancing, Stair pressurization fan, fire damper drop test, pipe/duct pressure test, water storage tank, drainage system, sprinkler system, pumps, room integrity test and environment test, etc. This includes preparation of T & C formats, CAS sheets, manuals, procedures and project closeout documents prepared by Third Party Company.

Ensuring the compliance of construction activity to best industry standards, specification, international codes and planned timeline.

Project Profile:

New Port Project Qatar (NPP0032) February 2016 to September 2016 Developed in multiple phases, the New Port will comprise three container terminals with an eventual combined annual capacity in excess of six million containers. The 19 billion Qatari Riyal project will not only cater to the expected growth in container traffic, but also accommodate: general cargo traffic, vehicle imports, livestock imports, bulk grain imports, offshore support vessels, coast guard vessels, and a marine support unit. Key Deliverables:

HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning):- Central Plant, Package unit and Split Air-conditioning unit installation works, also comprising planning, scheduling, Co-coordinating with main Clients, contractors, Sub- contractors, interacting with consultants, Workshop Drawing & Material Submittal preparation, Materials & Fittings take off and Execution of Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Air Handling Unit with Heat Recovery Wheel, Fan Coil Units, Ventilation Fans, Air washers, Air Curtains, Package Unit, Chillers, CHW Pumps, BMS Control and Control Valves etc.

Plumbing (Water Supply, Drainage and Storm water):- Workshop Drawing and material submittal Preparation, Pump Head calculations, Pump, water Heater and sanitary items selection, loading Unit Calculations & Pipe Sizing, Materials, Fittings and Valves quantity take off and Execution of Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Water supply Pipeline, Drainage Pipe Line, Storm Water Pipeline, Water Tank, Water Heater, Booster Pump, Transfer Pump, Sump Pump and controls etc.

Fire Fighting (Sprinkler System, Hose reel and Breaching Inlet ):- Workshop Drawing Preparation, Materials, Fittings & Valves quantity take off, Execution of Installation, Testing & Commissioning of GI Pipeline, Sprinkler, Hose reel, Dry Risers, Wet Risers, Foam System, Halogenated Extinguishing Agent Systems & Fire Pumps as per Civil Defense Regulations & standard.

Apr 2013 ~ Dec 2015 Qatar Electricity & Water Co (QEWC), Doha, Qatar Project Coordinator Project Profile:

Ras Abu Fontas, A2 (RAF-A2), Sea Water Desalination Project having a project cost of 450 Million Dollars with capacity of 36 million imperial gallon per day (MIGD) of potable water. Scope includes 2x18 MIGD MSFE Distillers, Steam is generated by HRSG for Gas Turbine and an Auxiliary Boiler for winter operation. Water Treatment. Sea Water Intake and disposal, 24 hour Water Storage. 132 kV switch yard, Control Room, Complete with Electrical and C&I scope. Key Deliverables:

Ras Abu Fontas A2, Sea Water desalination Project

Liaising with various Qatar Government departments (KAHARMAA) to ensure smooth interfaces with utility infrastructure.

Monitoring and administration of the site and providing day to day consultation to the various site teams of the contractors and consultants.

Involved in reviewing the design documents of the project and also involved in ensuring that if any changes are made they are incorporated in the design drawings by regularly coordinating with design consultant Lahmeyer.

Overseeing the Installation activities of key parts such as: Multistage Flash Evaporator, Chlorination tank, Nitrogen Tank, Limestone tank and filters (Product water treatment Plant), Sea water pump, Forwarding Pumps and Installation of DI Pipe lines feeding till KAHARAMAA Reservoir.

Planned, Scheduled & Executed the Testing & commissioning activities for Multistage Flash Evaporator, Sea Water Pumps, Forwarding Pumps & mineralization unit.

Monitor construction activities of Seawater Intake Line, Chlorination Plant, Heat Recovery Steam Generator, Aux Boiler, and Reservoir & Pumping Station.

Ensured liaison with international consultant (Lahmeyer) for technical reviews of drawings, ITP, Procedures, Project specification etc. Further to which ensuring that all technical queries are resolved such as changes in design as per site condition or changes in project specification

Preparation of Operation and maintenance manuals further to which ensured that the O&M manuals are implemented once the project was completed and running. (this point covers maintenance related)

Ensuring that the project progress is as per schedule hence coordinating providing all available resources required such as equipment’s, manpower, assigning tasks during critical periods Jul 2008 ~ Apr 2013 Sino-hydro Corporation, Doha, Qatar MEP Engineer Project Profile:

The Project CP1 is a State of the art city development project “Lusail”. The city is expected to accommodate 200,000 resident and is designed to in-house all modern amenities and infrastructure. The project is marvelously designed with Potable water, irrigation, sewage, pneumatic waste collection, gas, district cooling, vacuum sewer station, sewerage pump station, storm water pump stations, 4 No of 66/11kv Primary Substations, 27 No of 11v Distribution Substations, Approximately 13 km Utility Tunnel MEP services, 7 No Of Utility Tunnel Substations, 22 No Of Utility Tunnel Ventilation Room. Project Cost of 1 Billion Dollars.

Key Deliverables:

Lusail Development Project

Responsible for material approvals and procurement of approved materials.

Repsonsilble for coordination of procurement and delivery of material acitivities.

Responsible for Material submittals, Shop Drawings, FAT (Factory acceptance Test) reports, RFI (Request For Inspection), Method Approval, Responding Technical Queries, QA/QC Document (Quality Management ITP/checklist), Site Safety Plan, Attending FAT, Conducting Site Meetings, Progress built Drawings and records.

Review of Operation and maintenance manuals, and equipment, preparing punch list, drafting taking over and end of defects certificates.

Assisting the site team with technical support for the installation activities.

Technical evaluation of the utility tunnel services 14 km HDPE and DI Potable network, 14 KM HDPE fire hydrant, Portable & Fire Fighting Network Stainless waste collection network, pre insulated carbon steel district cooling network piping.

Reviewing the latest drawing and preparing new BOQ according to the changes and handling variation claims.

Managing the procurement activities for the project that are related to MEP.

Developed requisitions with all technical and quality purchase requirements.

Involved in estimation, design, execution and testing & commissioning of external works such as storm water drainage system, potable water system, firefighting system, chilled water system and irrigation system.

Preparation of ducting drawings, plumbing drawings, drainage drawings, firefighting drawings etc. with the help of project engineer and draftsman.

Supervising junior engineers in preparing construction works program, material procurement schedule and work force allocation charts.

Preparation of cooling load estimates, equipment selection, piping design, ducting design, system design and material submittal.

Coordinating with suppliers, consultants, main contractors and other subcontractors for timely execution of the project.

Preparation of O&M Manuals, As-built drawings.

Testing, commissioning, hand over and training the clients maintenance team

Supervision of maintenance team in carrying out the defects/maintenance during defects liability period and enter in to maintenance contract with the client after completion of defects liability period. Sep 2007 – Mar 2008 Petrotec, Doha, Qatar Graduate Trainee Engineer Key Deliverables:

Ocean Team Scandinavia

Worked on safety and relief valves.

Worked on mandrills.

Inspection of incoming valves.

Performed troubleshooting related to valves.

Worked on chemical and oil flushing of equipment offshore.

Acquired training in H2S, Fire Fighting Safety and Sea Survival.

Acquired certificate to work offshore for any Maersk Projects. SCHOLASTICS

B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh in 2007 with 60%. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Well versed with Engineering Software:

Microsoft Visio, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-Power Point, C++, SAP 4.6 Erp CERTIFICATION

DISS (Doha Industrial Safety Services) certification for OSHA and Firefighting training (30 hour course).

HSE (Health, Safety & Environment) Training.

PMP Trained for Project Management.

Certified in CRO (Construction Rail Operation),CCRM Construction Commissioning Rail Management)Level 2, Working at height & Work at Confined space.

ADDITIONAL COURSE

Vocational Industrial Training from Tata Chemical Limited (Fertilizer Division) in India. PERSONAL DOSSIER

Date of Birth: 11

th

February, 1986

Languages known: English, Arabic, Hindi & Urdu

Nationality: Indian

Marital Status: Married

Passport Details: M3968940 (Valid Till 17 February 2025) Address: s/o Mr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, P.O Box 24733, Doha, Qatar

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